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Kenya
A classic safari destination with storybook scenery, Big Five safaris and colourful Maasai warriors.
Trips:
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Experience:
We have a team of experienced travel consultants who between them have visited every one of the world’s continents and 65 countries. They have the passion and knowledge to help create your trip of a lifetime.
Lodges:
With over 2,000 carefully curated properties across 38 countries, we have options to suit every taste and budget.
Our Favourite Places
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3. Book with an expert
Our experts will help you refine your trip, and then take care of all the details.
Find out why our guests rate us excellent with 5 out of 5 stars.
What our guests say
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2. Choose your lodges
Discover 100s of handpicked lodges to suit your style and budget.
Sara • 12 nights in South Africa
We loved our experience booking our safari with Timbuktu. Obviously with the pandemic things got crazy in terms of making our trip happen. Timbuktu worked with us and made sure we would be able to go on our safari! We are very pleased with their company.
Lauren • 11 nights in Botswana & Zimbabwe
Timbuktu’s website is extremely user friendly whether you’re booking a trip from scratch or you’re using one of their recommended trips! If you need advice or help, their customer service is top-notch. Never have I ever been more thrilled to have someone else do my vacation planning!
Gid • 8 nights in Tanzania
Kristin was amazing at helping us get our trip organized. She is great with communicating updates. This was very easy to plan and come up with new ideas we hadn’t thought about. Even just trying to build the trip on our own the website is intuitive and easy to use!
Mark • 9 nights in Kenya
Easy and responsive planning, perfect itinerary, incredible guides, unbelievable responsiveness at every level! I have nothing but good to say about Joanna and our hosts in Kenya. If you are traveling with young children, Joanna gets it. She picked the perfect accommodations and activities for our family!
Uganda
Rich scenery and happy smiles, incredible gorilla treks and remote and magical wildlife encounters.
South Africa
Ritzy cities to unexpected landscapes, epic wildlife & a whole lot of wine, South Africa has it all.
Tanzania's Best Great Migration Safari
Northern Tanzania’s parks have plenty of bucket-list dreams in store, not least the Serengeti’s epic Great Migration.
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Our Favourite Properties
Lion Sands River Lodge, South Africa
A bright, light and luxurious lodge with fabulous river views and buckets of wildlife.
Giraffe Manor, Kenya
Giraffe kisses, pretty gardens and Scottish-style luxury close to the centre of Nairobi.
Our mission to create an alternative
For years, travelling to remote corners of the world has been complex and overwhelming to research and more than a little tricky to book independently. In fact, the only viable way to travel to the world’s wild places has been with the help of a traditional agent.
At Timbuktu we’re on a mission to change all that and instead want to empower you, our curious travellers, to easily design your own trip, with help and guidance from our destination experts whenever you need it.
Johnny
Co-founder & CEO
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Discover 100s of handpicked lodges to suit your style and budget.
Easy and responsive planning, perfect itinerary, incredible guides, unbelievable at every level!
Mark • 9 nights in Kenya
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Design your trip with an expert
Get started with our trip designer or chat to our experts to help you plan your dream trip.
Or call us at
USA: 646 542 0667 • UK: 0203 8083 860
We are the No. 1 Tour Operator in the world 2024!
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